Matthew Bahr – Operations Supervisor, Peabody Wilkie Creek Mine
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Anderson/LaBranche – Breathing easy: Removing exhaust lagging for safer workplaces
Scott Anderson
SSHR/Diesl Fitter, Mining and Energy Union
Nikky LaBranche
Dust And Respiratory Health Program Lead, UQ Sustainable Minerals Institute
Anderson/Raymond – World Class or Bare Pass: How do Qld’s Mining Laws Protect Against Workplace Sexual Harassment?
Aaron Anderson, Partner and
Takara Raymond, Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills
Armitage – ISO 45003: Managing Psychosocial Hazards in the Workplace. What This Means for Your Business
Naomi Armitage, Director/Psychologist, Humanology Group
Presentation at the 33rd Annual Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference at The Star Gold Coast from Sunday, 21 to Wednesday, 24 August 2022.
Armitage/Dixon – Accelerating Success in Psychosocial Risk Management: The Crucial Role of Psychological Safety
Naomi Armitage & Angela Dixon
Humanology Group
Armitage/Young – Psychosocial risk management: A case study of a multidisciplinary approach
Naomi Armitage & Christian Young
Humanology Group and Impress Solutions
Atkinson – Fire-Resistant Anti-Static (FRAS) Investigations – Lessons Learned
Neville Atkinson, Senior Inspector of Mines (Electrical), Resources Safety and Health Queensland
Bachmann – Beyond compliance: Blending cognitive, behavioral, and social psychology for safety transformation at BMA
Kate Bachmann,
BMA
Bajic – Best Practice Gas Monitoring
Dr Snezana Bajic
Technical Services Manager, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (Simtars)
Reliable gas monitoring is a key element to ensure that the mine based controls are effective.
Coal mines in Queensland and New South Wales have been facing issues in controlling tailgate methane levels and recently there have been two serious spontaneous combustion events. Legislation and Australian standards make specific requirements for the installation and maintenance of gas monitoring systems.
This paper discusses the issues related to gas monitoring, tailgate methane control, alarm set points and proposals for feedback loops on alarm notifications and acknowledgements. The paper will not discuss individual mine events but will focus on reliable gas monitoring to enable early detection and proactive actions to be taken.
Dr Snezana Bajic – Technical Services Manager, Simtars
ABSTRACT
There have been many mine disasters in the last century, globally. The common issues faced by mine rescue teams is re-entering the mine to rescue or recover. This paper will focus on actions and risks associated to decisions made during a past major mine disaster in south Serbia, in a small mining community in Aleksinac.
The mine was opened by Djordje Dimitrijevic and Johan Apel on 28th May 1883, for coal to supply Aleksinac Brewery. The first accident occurred in 1924, where 10 miners died. The second accident was in 1983, where 34 lives were lost. The entire north sector morning shift of 90 coal miners were lost at 11:59am on Friday 17th November 1989. The cause of this disaster can be attributed to a negligence and a fire which ignited coal dust in the “Morava” shaft panel number 445, 700m below the surface. The rescue teams risked their lives to recover the bodies of the victims to the surface in 25 days. They entered with minimal knowledge of the underground atmosphere and conditions.
The disaster influenced the decision to close the mine in 1990 despite the 27 million tonnes available coal reserves. On this pleasant and sunny day, 90 families lost their beloved and 132 kids were left without fathers. “We, miners, have a nice greeting “Srećno” (Good luck), and yet we have no luck” stated the late deputy Vukoje Marković, just few days before he lost his life in this terrible mine disaster.
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